I do something that started out as MRIN filing and morphed into nested family folders.
All photos and documents go into one folder for each marriage. The files are named chronologically so the thumbnails tell a story. All the other information; keywords, captions, source, copyright, locations, GPS, etc., is embedded in the files. This makes it easy for searching as well as capable of producing PDF's and slideshows using some or all of the embedded info. All the folders are nested by family starting with the direct line folders so, theoretically, between the nesting and embedded information the MRIN's could be left out. There's a PowerPoint slideshow about it here: http://jlog.jgen.ws/mrin-filing-system-ppsx/ ----- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://jlog.jgen.ws/ On 3/15/2013 3:51 PM, Sentz wrote: > I am in the process of deciding how to best reorganize things, since I > don't have that many individual records yet and need to do some major > clean up with my source citations. Prior to getting Legacy, I set up > 2 Genealogy folders with sub folders by Surname and then Surname with > the head of household under both My Documents and My Photos in Windows > 7. In my mind at the time I was thinking that Pictures/Photos should be > separate from images of documents, census records, family > documents, death records, birth records, etc. Using the Surname > organization seems to work along with the "filing cabinet" in my head so > that I could find things easily. How do some of you organize > your photos and scanned docs? Do you put them in the same "Picture" > folders? Seems like it would be more efficient, eventhough they may be > a different type of media. > Geoff Rasmusen uses the Geographic filing system. I see the logic behind > doing this, but will likely stick with the Surname filing for now. > Cathy > Researching Conger, Landmark, Lilly, Hobaugh, Hoyle, Kent, Lindquist, > Nyberg, Petrie, Seeley, Sentz et al > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
